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Root Vegetable Soup

This is the time of year when lots of root vegetables are in season. I try to eat things that are in season, but this time of year can be challenging. Today when I was looking for recipes to make for dinner I was kind of disappointed. I knew I could still buy the vegetables I wanted, but I also knew that they were going to be more expensive and imported from a far off land. Did you know that the average food item travels 1,500 miles to get to your table? It’s kind of mind boggling, but it makes sense. In most supermarkets there are no seasons anymore. Today I tried to come up with a recipe with ingredients that were in season. I knew root vegetables were in season, so I decided to use them somehow. I like roasting them but this can get boring. So I came up with this original soup recipe instead. Here are the ingredients I used:

To get all the grit out of the leek, chop it and then wash it. This technique works really well.

Heat the oil in a pot. Add the leeks, onions, shallots and garlic and sauté until softened, about five minutes.

Add salt and pepper to taste.

Add the rest of the vegetables. (At this point I had to switch to a larger pot because I realized the one I was using was too small.)

Add the vegetable broth, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer covered for 30-40 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender.

Using an immersion blender, blend the soup until smooth. Mine is metal. There are a lot of plastic immersion blenders, but I don’t really get why they exist. Same with plastic turkey basters. Putting hot food in plastic makes it melt and then you have melted plastic in your food. Did you know that we each have a pound of plastic dissolved in our bodies? (I’m not making that up.) Alternately you can blend the soup in batches in a blender. You could even use a potato masher.

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Hi, The soap sounds delicious. I love the thoroughness of the
explanation and the photos, It makes me want to make it and
seems easy enough that it isn’t intimidating. Thank you for
sharing this recipe and the information on how far food
travels to get to our table.